In reading some (NACA/NASA) research, and from what I have heard from people that have done CR setups, the rear prop needs AT LEAST 50% more pitch than the front prop.Running the SAME pitch is effectively useless.The idea is not to share the load, it is to accelerate air that has already been accelerated to X speed, thus, the front prop is X (4), the rear prop is X+3"(7)
.According to reading, a 9/4-9/6 combo would be the minimum...I managed to find a good LH 9/7 to try, so I actually sized the ship around the props!
Do not look so much at the front prop pitch as PITCH SPEED, look at the rear,as that is the speed at which the air will leave the rear of the prop blade, and that wil determine airspeed more.
The parallel wiring should negate any minor differences in draw, though they ought to draw very nearly the same.The ESC will only "Know" it sees a draw of the two combined motors... hopefully (Jeti 350ESC)
No, I havent put power to the thing yet...I will when it's ready to go .No need yet :O
And, if it doesn't fly, wel, theres always a nice Mega BL waiting to go in there!The spinner would be a lot easier too! I'm going to hate to make the thing!

Your explanation sounds fine but if your model is flying faster than the pitch speed of the first prop, the first prop will actually slow the air not accelerate it. Because of this it will be generating no thrust and possibly drag even though it still takes power to turn the prop.

I know the ESC doesn't care what the motor curents are but measuring the individual motors current would tell you how well the load is being shared.

Yup, I read that one. It was published in 1937, quite a bit earlier than the paper I have that I got from a research friend of mine.
I'm going to try to get hold of the guy that owns the REAL PM and see what pitches they use.
Thanks for the help. We'll see what happens when I throw the thing to the wind!
Mark